Kerry L. Priest, Ph.D.

Professor, leadership communication program director
kerryp@ksu.edu, View my CV
Individualization | Connectedness | Input | Learner | Intellection
Campus office: 209 Leadership Studies Building

Teaching

As a teacher, I integrate critical perspectives and engaged methods/pedagogies of practice in undergraduate and graduate courses that create the conditions for students to exercise leadership, as well as explore and contribute to scholarship that advances the field of leadership education and development.

Current courses

LEAD 801: Foundations of Leadership
LEAD 814: Graduate Studies in Leadership Communication
LEAD 815: Seminar in Leadership Communication
LEAD 820: Contemporary Perspectives on Leadership Theory and Practice
EDLEA 938: Advanced Data Analysis in Qualitative Methods

Research

My scholarship addresses questions of leadership identity, leadership educator professional identity development, and critical and engaged pedagogies for leadership learning and development. I am currently exploring the intersections between methods of leadership development, practice and inquiry that support the advancement of relational, collective, adaptive and socially just leadership.

Leadership learning and development
Leadership educator professional development
Qualitative and engaged methods

Guthrie, K. L., & Priest, K. L. (Eds.) (2022). Navigating complexities in leadership: Moving towards critical hope. Contemporary Perspectives in Leadership Learning Series. Information Age Publishing.
Chung, J., Cummings Steele, M., Gleason, M., Guthrie, K. L., Navarro, C. D., Pierre, D. E., Priest, K. L., Weng, J. (2021). New Directions for Student Leadership, No. 172: Leadership Education through Complex Transitions.
Priest, K. L., & Jenkins, D. M. (2019). Developing a Vision of Leadership Educator Professional Practice. In K. L. Priest & D. M. Jenkins (Eds.) New Directions for Student Leadership: No. 164. Becoming and Being Leadership Educators, 9-22. Jossey-Bass.
Kliewer, B. W., & Priest, K. L. (2019). Building Collective Leadership Capacity: Lessons Learned from a University-Community Partnership. Collaborations: A Journal of Community-based Research and Practice, 2(1), 16, 1-10.
Gott, T., Kliewer, B. W., Priest, K. L., & Tolar, M. H. (2018). The Path Forward: A Case for Openness in Leadership Studies. Journal of Leadership Studies, 12(12), 55-59.
Priest, K. L., & Seemiller, C. (2018). Past Experiences, Present Beliefs, Future Practices: Using Narratives to Re(present) Leadership Educator Identity. Journal of Leadership Education, 17(1), 93-113.
Priest, K. L., & Kliewer, B. W. (2017). Introduction: Advancing Leadership Education through Community Engagement. Journal of Leadership Studies, 11(1), 36-39.
Kliewer, B. W., & Priest, K. L. (2017). Why Civic Leadership for social Justice? eJournal of Public Affairs, 6(1), 1-10.